Cognitive Profiles in Children Treated for Brain Malignancies as Compared to Children with Traumatic Brain Injuries

Ingrid van’t Hooft and Annika Lindahl Norberg

Department of Neuropediatric, Astrid Lindgren´s Children´s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

^*Correspondance to: Ingrid van�t Hooft 

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Abstract:

Objective: We investigated the cognitive profiles of children treated for brain tumours as compared to children treated for brain traumas. Furthermore how various moderators such as age at the time of injury/diagnosis, time since injury/ diagnosis, and severity of the injury might correlate with outcome.Methods: 64 children treated for brain tumours and 77 with traumatic brain injures (6-18 yrs) who were all assessed with cognitive tests between 2000 and 2009 were investigated.Results: There were no significant difference between the two diagnostic groups on total IQ, verbal comprehension, perceptual organization, processing speed and freedom of distractibility or verbal working memory. Moreover, no significant difference between, the children with brain tumours, who had undergone cranial radiation therapy and those who had not.Conclusions: Findings indicate that all children who have been treated for brain tumours independent of treatment should be screened with cognitive measures and followed over time.

Keywords:

Children; Cognitive profiles; Traumatic brain injury; Brain malignancies

Cite the Article:

van’t Hooft I, Norberg AL. Cognitive Profiles in Children Treated for Brain Malignancies as Compared to Children with Traumatic Brain Injuries. Clin Oncol. 2017; 2: 1291.